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Ball State community to win money at on campus 'The Price is Right'

“The Price Is Right Live!” is at Emens for a one-night show.
TIME: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
TICKETS: Student tickets cost between $26-$32.
TO PLAY: Registration starts three hours before the show, and all names will be drawn five minutes after the show begins.
For tickets and more information, visit the box office or call 765-285-1539.

All of those sick days spent pricing items and watching games such as “Plinko” and “Cliff Hanger” will pay off tonight as “The Price Is Right Live!” comes to John R. Emens Auditorium. The classic game show turned into an interactive stage event that gives contestants from the audience a chance to “come on down” to win a variety of prizes.

The game show became a traveling experience to celebrate 40 years of being on television.

For a decade, people have won more than $10 million in cash and prizes and more than a million people have bought tickets from “The Price Is Right Live!”

Senior sports administration major Tyler Noragon has experience with the game show. He participated in a taping of “The Price is Right” in 2009.

After enjoying the show for most of his life, Noragon’s grandmother gave him a ticket to the show for his 18th birthday.

Noragon played a game called “One Right Price,” where he was presented with a price and he had to determine if it went with a hot tub or a wicker chase lounge. He guessed correctly and won both prizes and $2,000.

“Everything is really high energy,” he said. “Be ready to cheer and be loud to help out the contestants.”

A variety of personalities have served as host of this traveling show, including Jerry Springer, 98 Degrees’ Drew Lachey and ‘N Sync’s Joey Fatone. Tonight’s host is Mark L. Walberg, host of “Antique Roadshow,” “Russian Roulette,” “Temptation Island” and “Moment of Truth.” He has hosted the event in Atlantic City, N.J., and Las Vegas.

“One of the things I like about being a game show host is that the game is the star of the show,” he said. “What your job is as the host is to make it fun for the contestants and the audience. While there are ‘Antique Roadshow’ fans and my fans that will show up, the reason people are coming to the show is because everybody loves ‘The Price Is Right.’”

Walberg said there will be a new version of a showcase showdown, the big wheel will be there for contestants to spin and the staging and music is all true to the original show. There also will be prize models and the opportunity to play the same games as seen on the show.

He said he is able to put his spin on the classic show through the contestants. Walberg said they have no control over who plays on the show and because of the inability to prepare, he has to be on his toes and have fun with everyone that comes on stage.

“Luckily, I have been doing this a long time,” he said. “So for me, it’s less about preparing for the show and more about being in the moment. I know the games and how to play them. That’s part of it. To host a game show, you need to know how to run those games in a professional matter and about the pace. Once you have that down, it’s really about being ready to have a good time.”

For Walberg, he said he likes to bring the show to a college town. He jokes about “The Price Is Right” being a show that people watched when they took a day off from school.

“We try to involve as many people as possible [with the show],” he said. “In addition to contestants coming down, playing the games and having the showcases, we also give away door prizes. By the end of the show, we’ll call on 30-40 people. There are all kinds of things that our audience has a shot at, and that makes it more fun, too.”

Jeremy Ervin contributed to this article.

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